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Originally Posted by trader4
The theory that metal *might* have been present two months and 2K miles earlier is purely and highly speculative. We don't even know what specific failure the metal is from. Some failures are gradual
and might have produced metal for some time. Or the metal could be from one that was more sudden. But to prevail on that, he's have to prove that they didn't change the filter *and* that metal would have been present. Good luck with either of those. Without MB admitting they didn't change it, he has virtually nothing that shows they didn't, except for BMW saying they think it "looked old" and "cheap aftermarket". It was Hengst. Did you think it looked old?
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Agreed it is a long shot, that was what I said. But it is an opportunity to try and determine if there were any symptoms earlier on. And the dealer involved is the one that made a profit selling the vehicle (and, presumably, the warranty).
I think I said I didn't think anything looked wrong with the filter.
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Originally Posted by trader4
"Two weeks later on the way into work I suddenly lose power and the car goes into limp mode the idrive says ENGINE MALFUNCTION, AWD MALFUNCTION, DSC MALFUNCTION, BRAKE MALFUNCTION. I pull over to the side of the road and turn the car off. I then turn the car back on and it runs perfectly. It runs just fine for the next week, then does the same thing again but this time dies in the middle of traffic. "
That sounds very much like the same, continuing problem.
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What is your diagnosis for the AWD/DSC/Brake malfunction? Perhaps a low voltage that caused all of the warnings to light up?
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Originally Posted by trader4
And even failing that, without regard to the warranty, it's almost certain that the problem already existed when he took it back to BMW the last time for repair, and again when he returned with the CEL on just 1 mile later. BTW, you didn't answer the question:
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Agreed, the problem was likely there the last time he went in to the dealer. But that doesn't matter for the claim against the BMW dealer, because it was already out of warranty.
The point on the CEL and other codes is that without them, everything is a guess. For you to suggest that someone else's ideas are highly speculative is strange, when the whole web diagnosis is highly speculative.
I don't think we need the personal attacks. It is just as correct to say that some people think the world (or perhaps just any of the three parties involved in declining an out of warranty claim) owes them something.
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